OVERVIEW

West Ben­gal Power Devel­op­ment Cor­po­ra­tion Lim­ited (WBPDCL) is a com­pany owned by the Gov­ern­ment of West Ben­gal with the goal to carry on inter­alia the busi­ness of elec­tric power gen­er­a­tion and sup­ply in the state of West Ben­gal, India. The main ther­mal power plants under WBPDCL are in Kolaghat, Bakreswar, Sagardighi, Santaldih,and Bandel.

The reg­is­tered & Cor­po­rate Office of The West Ben­gal Power Devel­op­ment Cor­po­ra­tion Lim­ited has been func­tion­ing from its newly con­structed own office buld­ing at Plot– 3/​C, LA-​Block, Sector-​III, Salt­Lake City, Kolkata-​700098 on and from 27th Octo­ber, 2008 (Mon­day) after shift­ing the office from New Sec­re­tari­ate Buildings.

WBPDCL Formed in July, 1985 with only one gen­er­at­ing unit at Kolaghat hav­ing turnover of Rs.64 Crore paced up fur­ther to Rs.2728 Crores in 2007-​08 with 20 units at Kolaghat,Bandel, Bakreswar, San­taldih and Sagardighi.

Kolaghat Ther­mal Power Sta­tion involves a total installed capac­ity of 1260MW. There are Bakresh­war Ther­mal Power Sta­tion plants hav­ing a capac­ity of 1050MW, & Sagardighi Ther­mal Power Project hav­ing capac­ity of 600MW Ban­del Ther­mal Power Sta­tion and San­taldih Ther­mal Power Sta­tion have been under­taken by WBPDCL as per re-​organization mea­sures of power sec­tor in West Bengal.

WBPDCL works in tan­dem with West Ben­gal State Elec­tric­ity Board (WBSEB) and Cal­cutta Elec­tric Sup­ply Cor­po­ra­tion (CESC).